Did you notice the origin of Devo's Booji Boy in there? He was the fat one holding hands to face as he and the other one rode into a manhole. I think there's some influence on the Devo video aesthetic as well.posted by UlfMagnet at 10:54 PM on December 12, 2002

There's something very Hitler youth about that montage at the end (13:41), where Orv is demonstrating the hand signs eddydamascene :
You've got to be kidding. You must see that in damn near everything then.posted by HTuttle at 2:54 AM on December 13, 2002

It's so great to hear Edward Everett Horton again. He narrated fractured fairy tales on Rocky and Bullwinkle, a key childhood influence for me. I think I'd be a different person if he hadn't taught me that "the moral" of a story should always be synonymous with "the punch line."posted by putzface_dickman at 4:26 AM on December 13, 2002

Well I certainly feel safer.posted by Songdog at 7:27 AM on December 13, 2002

Aside from the blatant monkeyism, I think what got to me most was the brief shots of faces in anguish and terror, their bulging eyes almost popping from previously empty sockets ... [shudder]posted by Songdog at 7:34 AM on December 13, 2002

Those creepy, staring eyes; the nasty spleches as they got done for; the humanity of it all!

Eraserhead and aspects of Brazil, rolled into one.posted by ashbury at 8:09 AM on December 13, 2002

Patently false anti-ape propaganda!posted by anathema at 8:18 AM on December 13, 2002

I think Chuck Heston should make a gun safety movie like this.posted by condour75 at 12:29 PM on December 13, 2002

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